Car-coupling



(No Model.)

H. J. WEBB.

y GAR OUPLING.

No. 429,983. Patented JunelO, 1890.

Hull.

0 on l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY JAMES VEBB, OF SUMTER, GEORGIA.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 429,983, dated June-1o, 1890. appiicaionfnedaprnze,1890. serrano. 349,672. (remodel.)

To all whom' it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY JAMES VEBB, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sumter, in the county of Sumter and State of Ge0rgia,have invented a new and useful Car- Coupling, of which the following is a specification. t

The invention relates to improvements in car-couplings.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive means for coupling and uncoupling cars, which means will enable the operations to be performed without necessitating a person going between the cars and endangering life or limb.

A further object ofthe invention is to prevent the parts dragging upon the ground or being liable to come in contact with obstructions when not in use.

The invention consists in the'construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a car-coupling constructed in accordance with this invention, the parts being in position preparatory to coupling. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional View.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, l designates a coupler-head of a car 2, provided with vertical registering-perforations 3, in which operate a coupling-pin 4, having at its upper end an eye or loop 5, and being connected iiexibly by a chain 6 to an end 7 of an operating-lever 3. The operating-lever 8 is fulcrumed on a rectangular or approximately U-shaped frame 9, and is adapted to have its free end depressed to elevate the coupling-pin 4 and release a link 10 to permit the cars to uncouple, and in order to prevent the coupling-pin being raised too high and being carried out of the perforations 3 a guard-arm 11 is provided and is arranged at a suitable distance above the pin, and is adapted to be engaged by the end 7 of the lever, which is provided with an eye to receivealink of the chain 6. The guard-arm 11 consists of arod having its rear end 12 secured to the frame of the car and its front end 13 provided with a bend or recess to receive the end 7 of the operatinglever. The frame 9 is composed ol side bars 14 and 15 and a vertical front bar 16, formed integral with the side bars of the frame, and the latter is constructed of a single piece of metal. The ends 17 and 18 of the side bars 14 and 15 are threaded and passed through the front of the car and secured thereto by nuts, and the car is provided with plates 19, which are arranged on each face of the front of the car and brace the latter at the points where the frame is attached. The upper side bar 14 forms the fulcrum of the lever 8, and the lower side bar has fulcrumed upon it a link-lifter 20, having the portion 21 upon one side of the bar 15 formed into a handle, and having the other portion 22 curved or bent at intervalsA and provided with a vertical proj ection 23 to engage the opening of the link 10 to prevent the latter slippin g laterally while being elevated and arranged to engage the coupler-head of an adjacent car. The frame 9 is braced by a rod 24, which has its rear end 25 secured to the car similarly to the side bars 14 and '15 and its front end connected to the lower side bar 15, and it is provided a short distance from its front end with a bend 26, which provides a recess adapted to be engaged by the handle 21 of the link-lifter to prevent the latter trailing upon the ground when not in use.

It will readily be seen that the device is simple and inexpensive in construction andis ca` pable of enabling cars to be coupled and uncoupled without necessitating a person passing between the cars.

Vhat I claim is- 1. The combination, with a car having vertical perforations in its coupler-head, of the frame secured to the car and projecting therefrom, the coupling-pin arranged in the perforations of the coupler-head, the operating-lever fulcrumed on the frame and connected with the coupling-pin, and the guard-arm arranged above the coupling-pin and provided with a bend or recess 13, adapted to be engaged by the lever to limit the vertical movement of the coupling-pin and prevent the same leaving the coupler-head, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the car, the frame 9, extending from the car, and the link-lifter fulcrumed on the frame and having the handle portion 21 and the curved or bent portion 22, provided with the projection 23, arranged to IOO engage the openingof a link, substantially as described.

The combination of the car, the frame il, ex tending therefrom, the link-lifterfulcrn med on the frame and having the handle portion 2l and the curved or bentportion 22, adapted to engage a link, and the supporting-rod 24, arranged parallel with the frame and connected therewith and provided with a bend or projection adapted to be engaged by the handle portion 2l to prevent the curved or bent portion 22 trailing upon the grou nd, substantially as described.

4. The combination of the car having a coupler-head provided with vertical perforations, the coupling-pin arranged in the perforations, the approximately U-shaped fra-lne secured to thc car and extending therefrom and having the upper and lower side hars, the operating-lever fulcrulned on the upper side bar and iexibly connected with the pin, the

guard-arm arranged above the pin and eX- tending from the car and provided inits outer end with a recess or bend adapted to be engaged by the lever, the link-lifter fnlerumed on the lower side har and having the handle portion 2l and the curved or bent portion 22, provided with the projection 23, arranged to engage the openingr of the link, and the snpporting-rod 2l, arranged parallel with and adjacent to the lower side bar and having its onter end connected with the saine and being provided with a bend or recess 26, adapted to be engaged by the handle portion 2l ot' the link-lifter 25, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I havehereto aiiixed my signature in presence of: two witnesses.

HENRY JAMES VEBB.

lVtnesses:

E. C. WEBB, G. F. WEBB. 

